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Govt urged to double games fund pledge

The Albanese government should double the funding for the Australian Interactive Games Fund it pledged to resurrect under its five-year National Cultural Policy, according to the peak body for...

Games sector key to $190m Victorian screen strategy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The local games development sector is a key focus of the Victorian government’s new $190 million screen strategy, announced just days after the federal government unveiled a tax incentive...

Labor reignites the games debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Federal Labor is currently putting its own policy package together to support the burgeoning Australian games development sector with “holistic” initiatives to fill the gap left by the government’s...

Games industry: Not happy, Jan

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has rejected nearly all the recommendations of a Senate inquiry into the local games development sector, leaving the industry “incredibly disappointed” and angry. The government tabled...

Govt misses own games deadline

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The government failed to meet its own year-end deadline for tabling a response to a senate report on the local games development sector, even as the ‘zombie inquiry’ approaches...

Zombie games report response

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government will finally deliver its response to the “zombie” report on the Australian games development industry by the end of the year, more than 20 months after...